Tire-setter



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(Model) P. P. BEUGLER.

Tire Setter.

Patented March 29,1881.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS WITNESSES Milo/@634) N-PEI'ERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON, n c.

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(Mod eL) P. P BEU G'LERl Tire Setter.

Patented March 29,188I.

INVENTOR i gymmd/ ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER, WASHINGICN. D C

' UNITED ST TES I PATENT OFFICE.

FEEDBIG P. BEUGLER, OF GHARLESTON,IOWA.

TlRE- SETTER.

SPEGIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 239,429, dated March 29, 1881 Application filed August 10,1880 (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIG P. BEUOLER, of Charleston, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved 5 Tire-Setter, of which the following is a specification. t

The object of this invention is to facilitate the setting of wagon and other tires, and the adjustment of felly and spokes.

The invention consists of a revolving swinging head carrying a central ring, which is provided with pivoted radial arms that can. be retracted or extended to suit wheels of varying diameters, and is vertically pivoted in a block that is rocked on avertically-adjustable standard by levers from a horizontal to a vertical plane, and vice versa, whereby a wheel on the machine maybe plunged into and withdrawn from a water-tank and it consists, further, of other novel adjusting devices, all of which are hereinafter fully described.

Figure 1 is a plan of the device, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation on line to w, Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional elevation on line a: m, Fig. a. Fig. 4. is a transverse section on line y 1 Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional elevation on line 2 2, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on line o 1:, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a plan of the clamping device. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the auxiliary lever-bar.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

. In the drawings, A represents the bed of the tire-setter. I I

B is a rectangular socket provided with bottom flanges, a, and a a are bolts passing through said flanges a and holding the socket B to the bed A. I

U is the standard of the device, supported in the socket B, and extending downward into the central opening, b, of the bed A.

Rigidly secured on the top of the standard 0, and at right angles thereto,is a rectangular plate, D, having lugs b b extending upward from two opposite sides.

Suspendedjust above the plate D, on trunnions c c, that pivot in the lugs b b, is a rectangular block, E, so pivoted that it may be swingin g head F, consisting of a hub, d, supturned from a horizontal to a vertical position, the trunnions c 0 being entered through the lugs b 1), near the front edges thereof, to per- ,mit such turning or swinging of said block E. The trunnion c is extended laterally, and has attached thereto a crank, c, for purposes hereinafter set forth. I

From the center of the block E a shaft, E, extends vertically upward, and is held firmly in place in block E by a set-screw, E. Set centrally on this shaft E is the revolving 6o porting a horizontal circular plate, 01, and provided with two opposite side uprights, d d, that support the ring H. Just above the face of the plate (1 the shaft E is bent at right angles, and has on its end a roller, E, that rests in a vertical plane on the face of said plate d, thereby holding the swinging plate F down in position, and permitting it to revolve with a minimum of friction.

Projecting radially from the ring H are sev eral lug's,ff, and on the vertical pinsff, that pass through the extremities of these lugs ff, the radial arms I I are pivoted so as to be capable of being folded or retracted laterally, or of being extended at full length to accommodate a smaller or larger wheel. On either side of these arms I 1, near the extremities thereof, are staples g g, in which are hooked rods 1 I, that connect said arms I I, so that they shall all fold or unfold or retract and extend together. One interspace between said arms I I is withoutarod, I, as shown at I, to permit this folding and unfolding.

Embracing the uprights d d, with its oppositely-hooked ends it it below the ring H, is a rigidly-supported cross-bar, K, through the cen tel of which a pin, h, on which is pivoted the tipright i. r K, that extends upward through and above the said ring H, and is provided, near its top, with several pin-holes h. A wheel, L, being placed horizontally on the arms I I, with one end of its hub extending down through the ring H, and with the bar K projecting up through the hub, is held firmly in place by a clamping device, M, which 5 is set over the bar K upon the upper end of the hub of the said wheel L. Said clamp or clamping device M consists of an elongated.

fiat plate, I, having beveled ends, as shown at Z, and a nearly-central rectangular orifice, l, and is provided with a brace or support, m, that projects upward and inward from one end at an angle of about forty-five degrees, and supports in its forked end, on a pivot or pin, m, a lever, M, from the extremity of the longer arm of which an edge notched or toothed bar, m, is suspended. The orifice 1 being set over the bar K, and the clamp M on the wheel-hub, the short arm of the lever M is pinioned to the top of the said bar K by a pin, m, that is attached to the clamp M by a' chain, m. The long arm of lever M is then borne down, with the effect of pressing down the clamp-plate 1 upon the wheel-hub, and thereby the wheel L firmly upon the ring H and arms I I, and then a tooth on the notched bar m is caught beneath the front beveled end of the plate I, and the clamp M and wheel L thus held in place.

In order to obtain a better leverage on the lever M a bar, M, having on one end a crossbar, 0, provided with hooked ends 0 '0, is fixed or clamped on said lever M, as shown in Fig. 2, the said cross-bar 0 being furnished with the hooked ends 0 0, that the bar M" may be more readily and quickly applied, though but one end, 0, .is engaged at a time.

In the horizontal position shown in Figs. 2, 3, a wheel, L, is in position for setting the tire and spokes.

The construction and arrangement of the adjusting device, whereby the block E, swingin g head F, ring and arms H I, and all theretoconnected parts are swung from a horizontal to a vertical plane, as shown in Fig. 5,whereby a wheel, L, is swung so that its tire may be cooled and shrunk by immersion in a tank of water, are as follows: From the front of the plate D an arm, 1", having a downward and rearward bent tip, 1", projects laterally, and on this tip 1 a crooked lever, N, is secured by a pin, 0", passing through said tip 1", below said lever N, and by an anti-friction ring, W, set around said tip 4" above said lever N. The perforated end of the short arm of said lever N is connected with the perforated end of the crank c by a link, N, whose lower end hooks into the perforated end of the lever N, and whose upper end is bent at right angles and entered into the perforated end. of crank c", and is held therein by a burr, 1 so that when the handle or long arm of the lever N is brought upward to the front, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, the block E and all the parts supported thereon and above it are held in the positions shown in said Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, the ring and arms H I being in a horizontal plane. By moving the long arm of the lever N outward and upward and around the bent end of the arm 1, and into the nearly vertical position shown in Fig. 5, the block E,with all the parts above it, is swung from the horizontal to the vertical position shown in Fig. 5, so that the ends of the arms I and the rim and tire of a wheel, L, may dip into a water-trough, O, for the purpose of shrinking the tire on the said wheel; and when the parts are in this position the swinging head F, and all its upper connections, may be revolved in a vertical plane on the shaft E, so that the wheel-tire may be evenly cooled and shrunk in every part.

On the bed A a hooked and forked plate, P, is secured by bolt or screw 8, and in the hooks or lugs ,of this plate P the bent lever Q is fulcrumed, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, the end of the short arm of said lever Q being projected down through a slot, t, in the bed A, and made to encircle the rearward-projecting stud w of the base of the standard 0, so that by downward pressure on the long arm of said lever Q the standard 0, and all the parts supported upon it, may be elevated or depressed, so as to bring the ring and arms H I at a convenient elevation for the operator. This vertical movement of the'standard O is facilitated by the roller u, set transversely in the projectin g lugs '12 of the socket B, against which roller u said standard 0 bears as it moves, and the vertical plate It, rising from the bed A, steadies the movement of thestandard O by affordin g a bearing for the end of the stud to. When the standard 0 and its supported parts are elevated or depressed, as desired, they may be secured at such level by engaging the long arm of the lever Q in the notched plate T, that inclines upward from the bed A.

If desired, the bar M may be applied to the lever Q to obtain a better leverage, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the rocking block E, provided with vertical shaft E, of the rotating head F, ring H, provided with radial lugs f f, and pivoted connected radial arms I I, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the clamping device and uprights d", the rotating head F, and ring and arms H I, of the hooked cross bar K, and upright bar K, pivoted thereto, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the swinging head F, ring and arms H I, and bars K K, of the clamping device M and pin m, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a tire-setter, the combination, with the lever M, plate I, having beveled ends l and opening Z, and provided with inclined brace m, pivot m, and toothed bar on", substantially as herein shown and described.

6. In a tire-setter, the combination, with the plate D, provided with bent arm a", and rocking block E, provided with trunnions c c and crank c, of the crooked lever N, ring 1",

pin 1", link N, and burr W, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the 10 said block and its supported parts are vertically and horizontally adjusted, as set forth.

FREDRIU P. BEUGLER. Witnesses:

H. H. (moss, I W. M. BASSETT. 

